KeyListener on SearchView in Honeycomb ActionBar does not work

Question

Here is my code. The onKey() method is never called when typing into the search box. Am I doing something wrong in setting up the listener? I have a breakpoint in the onKey() method, which is how I know it doesn't fire.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.locations_map_menu, menu);

    ActionBar ab = getActionBar();
    ab.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.actionbar));
    ab.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);

    SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
    searchView.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {

        @Override
        public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
            return true; // This code never fires
        }
    });
    return true;
}

`return true; // This code never fires` - How do you know that code never fires? Your extract doesn't show any logging. — Squonk, Sep 08 '11 at 22:10

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

16

Add an OnQueryTextListener, see my answer here

final SearchView.OnQueryTextListener queryTextListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() { 
    @Override 
    public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) { 
        // Do something 
        return true; 
    } 

    @Override 
    public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) { 
        // Do something 
        return true; 
    } 
}; 

searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(queryTextListener);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Sep 09 '11 at 11:46

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Thanks a lot. I'm not sure why the onKeyListener doesn't work, but thanks for the solution. – CACuzcatlan Sep 09 '11 at 17:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '17 at 09:49

if you want to get a key on serach view you can use below code

    TextView searchText = (TextView) searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_src_text);
  searchText.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

            return false;
        }
    });

KeyListener on SearchView in Honeycomb ActionBar does not work

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